books
How to Read More (and Better) Books
I love books. I just struggle with finding enough time to read all the good ones. I focus on non-fiction, because it's always stranger and more entertaining to me than fiction. I imagine this struggle is even worse for fiction lovers. A good book, to me, distills years
Turning Mistakes into Ideas
I picked up the book Failed It! [http://amzn.to/28JffL0] on a recommendation from a reader. It's all about embracing our mistakes and understanding our amateur failures may be better than a professional's successes. > "Dare to be disliked. You might even like it.
What's Next for You?
When people like your work, they want more of it. Believe it or not, this can be a hard concept for writers and photographers. We love to refine. It's comforting. It avoids the pain of solving creative problems and producing more work. Creativity is a numbers game. The
Book Review: Deep Work
Cal Newport is a great author because he doesn't need to publish books. He does just fine in academia. So, you know when he publishes something outside academia, it's going to be good. His first book, So Good They Can't Ignore You [http://amzn.
All You Need Is 1
You don’t need a certain number of followers, a “passive income,” a “monetization strategy” or “1000 true fans [http://alesserphotographer.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=17ac74e26fc4e20c4b566f584&id=8f94b94dbd&e=f8ff271d01] ” to justify sharing your work. All you need is 1. 1 person liked my writing enough
Don't be an award winning photographer
The latest issue of the A Lesser Photographer newsletter is out with stories on Google Photos, why you shouldn’t care about photo contests, why you should care about your bad photos and the continued rise of the self-published photo book.
The Future of the Photo Book
A photo book designer explains his vision of the future of photo books: > “The paper photo book represents solidity, something we can literary hold on to. It is a tangible object and, despite being a reproduction, it has the aura of the original object, in this case the photograph.
The Reviews Are In
A few new reviews of the A Lesser Photographer book [http://craftandvision.com/products/a-lesser-photographer]: Book Review: “A Lesser Photographer” [http://blog.davelawrence.pro/post/109533656781/a-lesser-photographer-review] by Dave Lawrence. Bogen A Lesser Photographer anmeldt [http://d-noc.dk/post/2015/01/16/bogen-a-lesser-photographer-anmeldt.aspx] by John Sørensen (in Danish).
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